Nine has lost its bid for a 50-year suppression order over the details of a settlement reached with Ben Roberts-Smith’s former mistress, with a judge finding it would be useless given the settlement has already been covered in the media.
Senior barrister Walter Sofronoff is pressing on with his fight against the ACT Integrity Commission’s findings that he engaged in corrupt conduct in his inquiry into Bruce Lehrmann’s criminal prosecution for rape.
A scriptwriter for Seven’s Home & Away has dropped her Fair Work case against the TV network.
A judge has rejected a former SBS employee’s case alleging she was unfairly dismissed due to her need to work from home for medical reasons, finding it was an “inherent requirement” of her role that she come into work.
The publisher of The Australian has hit back at a defamation case by a former JLL executive, saying it was substantially true that he fondled a drunk junior female colleague’s breast at a strip club.
Nine wants indemnity costs against celebrity surgeon Munjed Al Muderis, claiming his defamation case over reports critical of his promotion of an experimental procedure, which the court found were substantially true, was an abuse of process.
The publisher of The Australian will bring a truth defence to defamation claims by two sacked executives of commercial real estate broker JLL who claim they were falsely accused of sexual harassment, a court has heard.
The ABC has defeated a defamation suit by the owner of a defunct online travel agency Bestjet, with a judge finding the article in question did not convey that he was to blame for the collapse of the business.
The Herald Sun has apologised to Victorian deputy Liberal leader Sam Groth and his wife, Brittany, over articles at the centre of a privacy and defamation lawsuit brought by the pair.
Nine has asked for more details of celebrity surgeon Dr Munjed Al Muderis’ challenge to the dismissal of his defamation case against the broadcaster, and says 10 days is not enough to hear the appeal.